Dustin May is set to take the mound at Fenway Park for a second straight Sunday. This time, however, he’ll be wearing a different jersey.
The 27-year-old righty is scheduled to make his Boston Red Sox debut Sunday morning against the Houston Astros, just three days after he was acquired by the team and exactly one week after he made what turned out to be his last start with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Red Sox picked up May in a trade with the Dodgers as the clocked ticked down to the 6 p.m. ET MLB trade deadline on Thursday.
Boston dealt outfield prospects Zach Ehrhard and James Tibbs III in the exchange. Tibbs III, who ranked fifth on the MLB Pipeline list of Red Sox prospects, was acquired as part of the return package for Rafael Devers. Ehrhard ranked 27th on the team’s prospect list.
May, a former top prospect who has undergone two Tommy John surgeries, is 6-7 with a 4.85 ERA and 1.346 WHIP in 2025. He was handed a loss in his final outing with the Dodgers, surrendering four earned runs across five innings in a 4-3 defeat against the Red Sox.
May was one of just two deadline pickups for the Red Sox. The team also added veteran lefty Steven Matz in a swap with the Cardinals that sent infield prospect Blaze Jordan to St. Louis.
Cooper Criswell is slated to start Boston’s series opener on Friday night against the AL West-leading Astros before Walker Buehler gets the nod on Saturday. May will then make his Red Sox debut during the Sunday morning matchup to close out the series.
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